How Core Strength Helps Your Back

 

Exercise provides tremendous benefits for your overall well-being. It promotes improved sleep and increases your energy and stamina while helping to prevent or manage certain medical conditions. According to Dr. Jay McClanahan of Dr. J Chiropractic & Wellness Center in Nitro, WV, exercise also helps build core strength – which is critical for proper support and stabilization for your back.  

How Core Strength Can Benefit Your Back

Core muscles, which include the abdomen, pelvis, lower back, and hip muscles, play an essential role in providing a solid foundation, proper balance, and the protection required for your back and internal organs. In addition, a strong core provides better spine support (thereby reducing disc pressure and maintaining the spine’s natural curvature), and these benefits -

• Strong core muscles help maintain proper spinal alignment – a misaligned spine can cause a muscle imbalance, increases injury risk, and other issues.
• A strong core promotes better posture – which minimizes stress by distributing your weight evenly across the spine. Weak core muscles often cause poor posture, ultimately resulting in chronic back pain.
• The core muscles are your spine’s stabilizing force - they can help maintain proper vertebrae alignment, helping to lessen the risk of injury.
• A strong core helps support proper functional movement – everyday actions - like bending, twisting, and lifting, can be done with reduced strain on your back.
• A strong core may help reduce existing discomfort or back pain – stronger core muscles may help support your spine and reduce or potentially alleviate existing back pain and stiffness. In fact, professional rehab programs managed by chiropractors and physical therapists often focus on core strengthening exercises.

How to Build Core Strength

Dr. J can assess your spine and posture and identify and treat current problems that may impact your core strength or stability – i.e., undiagnosed conditions like postural anomalies or even misaligned vertebrae that may be factors contributing to core muscle weakness.

Dr. J will then create a tailored guidance and treatment plan that is likely to include simple but effective core strengthening exercises – leg raises, planks, and other abdominal-focused movements, as needed.

Contact a Leading Chiropractor in Nitro, WV

For additional information on how spinal adjustments and complementary therapies can assist in core strengthening, contact the professional staff at Dr. J Chiropractic & Wellness Center at 304-776-1520 or online. Dr. McClanahan and his team look forward to helping you reach your health objectives.